So, first of all, in case you’re a patron and haven’t seen it yet, I have published a new Patreon post last Sunday, which delves a bit deeper into the topic of beta-testing! You also find instructions there as to how you can apply to become a beta-tester for the full version of GENBA no Kizuna! It’s still gonna be a bit longer, since Natsu and I have yet to thoroughly test the full game ourselves, but the beta-test phase is slowly drawing closer, so be sure to keep an eye out for more info to come very soon!
As you can imagine, we’ve therefore been mostly busy with further fine-tuning the game this past week. I have another document with adjustments ready to send over to Natsu and, starting from tomorrow, will fully dedicate myself to testing chapter 4!
Aside from the first set of investigation routes, I haven’t actually seen anything else of it yet in its coded, playable state, so it’s gonna be pretty exciting to finally see my script as more than just words in a document! Of course, we’re deep into the investigation now, meaning most of the content will be highly spoilery, but I will still try to post the occasional non-spoilery screenshot on my private Twitter account as I go through things, similar to how I did it with the first three chapters a couple of weeks ago.
So yeah, if you’re curious to see some new glimpses of the game, go throw a look there over the course of next week!
As mentioned in last week’s blog post, I also want to ramp up the promo stuff in general now, as we move closer towards the release, so I’ll be trying to post some varied types of content to hopefully get people excited about the game and give those of you who are already waiting for it some extra info. For instance, a year ago, I started making “Behind the Name” posts on Twitter, explaining the meaning and idea behind the names of our characters. I never finished with that, however. In fact, I’ve only ever posted one, so I really wanna continue with that now!
Another thing I’ve also shared this past week was a little comparison between a BGM track from SHINRAI, which makes a return in GENBA, so I think I’ll leave the video here as well:
I’m honestly not really sure if people are interested in this kind of stuff and really care, but I personally always find this type of content fun and I mean… I gotta do something, because being silent about the game definitely ain’t gonna help draw more eyes on it, haha.
Anyway, that about wraps it up for today, so while I’m getting back to work, I hope that you’ll enjoy a pleasant remainder of your weekend! Until next Saturday, take care :3
